The Way Home: Poems for the Journey

By Charlene Hertz Dybedock

Charlene finds poetry a natural method of expressing what is happening in her life. This book contains her experiences and feelings of the last few years. Readers of her first book, Soften My Heart have consistently remarked how deeply her poems reflected their own experiences.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481734608

Charlene Hertz Dybedock

Charlene Dybedock has spent most of her career in administrative/management positions. Charlene has long thought of herself as a writer, but it has taken retirement to fulfill this desire. Although she refers to herself as a poet, her role as mother to two grown sons and “Nana” to four grandchildren take precedence. She divides her time between Kankakee, Illinois and Naples,Florida.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

I: Let go, give in

The Question

Worry List

Empty

Restore

Violated

Suffering

Cold

So Soon

I Feel

Happy Holidays

Ghosts

A Perfect Christmas

II: Our Own Autumn

The Fast Track

Stolen Days

Time flies

Gone with the Wind

Lunch time

What’s True

Tuesday afternoons

In the Morning

Hope

Sad Season

The Beauty of Snow

III: A Half-remembered Dream

A little Bit of Each

September 25

Dreaming

Crying

The Center

She Wishes for Another History

And She Lives Alone

Memories

Stages

No More

Shared Past

Payback

Messages

IV:What a Friend

A Book By Its Cover

What a Friend I Have

Failing

This house

Slowly

Still Here

Snail so slowly

Too Many Tears

V:Changes not chosen

Made of Steel

I Grieve

Mourning

Gone

The Shadow

The Dying Space

Depressed

Dreamy

A Promise

Paradox

The Way Home

Acknowledgements

To all of you who gave me such positive feedback on my first book…

To my friends who help me find my path home, especially Barb Lohrbach…

To my beloved church family at St John UCC in Kankakee, my spiritual home…

And to my technical advisor, resident artist, and all around good guy… my brother, Richard Westerwelle.

Break loose from all you’ve

Believed so far.

Dare to take a new path home.

Out with the notions you’ve

Held so dear for years.

Unwind the tension center;

Let go.

Let loose the bindings that

Knot your stomach

And squeeze your heart.

Dissolve the protective

Coat you’ve worn so long.

Reveal your vulnerable spots

Let go.

CHD

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